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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-1
pubmed:abstractText
Tumour necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has been proposed as a potent tool to trigger apoptosis in cancer therapy. However, since ?60% of tumour cell lines and most primary cancers are resistant to TRAIL-induced apoptosis, several combined therapy approaches aimed to sensitize cells to TRAIL have been developed. One of the major targets of these approaches are cFLIP proteins as they interfere with the initiation of apoptosis induction by TRAIL, are over-expressed in many cancers and their down-regulation enhances TRAIL sensitivity. Although, DNA-damaging agents such as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), etoposide and adriamycin have been successfully employed due to their ability to trigger cFLIP(L) and cFLIP(s) down-regulation the molecular mechanisms underneath their action have been only partially elucidated. We have recently identified ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) as a modulator of cFLIP(L) and cFLIP(S) protein levels in the DNA damage response. Here, we provide genetic evidence that ATM kinase activity is required to trigger 5-FU- and neocarzinostatin-dependent cFLIP(L) and cFLIP(S) down-regulation, which in turn sensitize hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines to TRAIL. ATM activity triggers cFLIP proteins down-regulation in HCC cells independently on p53 and enhances cFLIP(L) ubiquitination in response to DNA damage. Therefore, we propose that ATM kinase mediates the interplay between DNA damage and death receptor signalling and suggest that expression of catalytically competent ATM in tumour cells may play a key role for successful combinatorial use of TRAIL receptor agonists and DNA-damaging drugs in cancer therapy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cell Cycle Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fluorouracil, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TNFSF10 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TP53 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Zinostatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ataxia telangiectasia mutated...
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1460-2180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1956-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Antibiotics, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-CASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating Protein, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Fluorouracil, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Liver Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Ubiquitination, pubmed-meshheading:20876284-Zinostatin
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
ATM kinase activity modulates cFLIP protein levels: potential interplay between DNA damage signalling and TRAIL-induced apoptosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Cell Signaling, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Fondazione Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't